From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1LR2KT-0002v5-9c for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 25 Jan 2009 05:35:01 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LR2KP-0002rb-Gj for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 25 Jan 2009 05:34:57 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LR2KN-0002pZ-QY for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 25 Jan 2009 05:34:56 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=33117 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LR2KN-0002pS-GT for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 25 Jan 2009 05:34:55 -0500 Received: from mta-out.inet.fi ([195.156.147.13]:59516 helo=jenni2.inet.fi) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LR2KM-0003Bg-MR for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 25 Jan 2009 05:34:54 -0500 Received: from [192.168.1.102] (84.248.105.254) by jenni2.inet.fi (8.5.014) id 48FC5A88042F72D5 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 25 Jan 2009 12:34:52 +0200 Message-ID: <497C4046.4060907@nic.fi> Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2009 12:34:46 +0200 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Vesa_J=E4=E4skel=E4inen?= User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (Windows/20081209) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: The development of GRUB 2 References: <1232851143.23773.13.camel@localhost> In-Reply-To: <1232851143.23773.13.camel@localhost> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: Quoted-Printable X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) Subject: Re: [PATCH] Build system improvement X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GRUB 2 List-Id: The development of GRUB 2 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2009 10:34:57 -0000 Javier Mart=EDn wrote: > This patch modifies several files in the build system (mainly common.rm= k > and genmk.rb) to reduce the general verbosity of the build process to a > manageable, semi-informative level. Thus, what currently appears as > "gcc" calls, several lines long each is turned into lines like: >=20 > [M xfs.mod] COMPILE ../src/fs/xfs.c -> > xfs_mod-fs_xfs.o = = =20 > [M xfs.mod] LINK xfs_mod-fs_xfs.o -> > pre-xfs.o = = =20 > [M xfs.mod] Looking for EXPORTED SYMBOL definitions: pre-xfs.o >=20 > And so on. The change also makes warning-hunting marginally easier, > though not by much since the patch intentionally shows a line for nearl= y > every process that did so previously. This behavior could be simplified > further if needed - this post is more of an RFC than anything else. > Also, it is by no means thorough or complete - only the most common > processes have been addressed - as I'm a bit busy with exams. >=20 > The patch makes the new behavior the default one, so a new make-time > option is added: V (for "verbose"), which must have the value 1 in orde= r > to get the behavior, as in "make V=3D1" First of all I would like compiling process to be more tidier. However, what is the difference between Colin's similar patch?